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| Events & News: 2011-2012 |
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| September 21, 2011 |
5:00 PM |
FIU Faculty Convocation
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
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| September 22, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
Vocal Arts Series
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Rebekah Diaz, mezzo soprano
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| September 27, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
FIU Chamber Players
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Robert Davidovici, violin
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| October 1, 2011 |
2:00 PM |
FIU Recital Hall
in honor of Arlene Hathaway |
| October 5, 2011 |
1:15 PM |
FIU Honors College Convocation
Graham Center Ballroom
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| October 5, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
FIU Faculty Recital Series
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Iris van Eck, cello
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| October 6, 2011 |
6:00 PM |
Herbert Wertheim
Gala Event - Graham Center Ballroom
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| October 15, 2011 |
7:00 PM |
Friends of Music -- Coral Springs, FL
in collaboration with Jose Lopez, piano
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| October 18, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
Florida International University
Wertheim Performing Arts Center - Tribute Concert for Dr. Joel Glaser
in collaboration with Yehuda Hanani, cello
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| October 25, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
FIU Chamber Players
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Robert Davidovici, violin, and Mari-Liis Pakk, viola
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| October 26, 2011 |
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Residency Activities
Western Illinois University, Macomb
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| October 26, 2011 |
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Masterclasses
Western Illinois University |
| October 27, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
Western Illinois University
COFAC Recital Hall
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| November 13, 2011 |
3:00 PM |
Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church
Naples, FL in collaboration with John Fenstermaker, organ
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| December 3, 2011 |
Time TBD |
FIU New Music Ensemble
Jason Calloway, Director
The Betsy Hotel, Miami Beach, part of Art Basel
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| December 4, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
FIU New Music Ensemble
Jason Calloway, Director
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
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| December 6, 2011 |
7:30 PM |
FIU Chamber Players
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Robert Davidovici, violin
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| December 7, 2011 |
7:00 PM |
The Nutcracker, arranged for string quartet
Fundraiser for FIU Music and Theatre scholarships
in collaboration with Dean Brian Schriner and Phillip Church, FIU Theatre
First Presbyterian Church of Miami |
| December 8, 2011 |
7:00 PM |
The Nutcracker, arranged for string quartet
Fundraiser for Children's Movement of Florida
in collaboration with Dean Brian Schriner and Phillip Church, FIU Theatre
Coral Gables Congregational Church
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| December 9, 2011 |
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FIU Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, featuring the Amernet String Quartet
in collaboration with Grzegorz Nowak
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| December 10, 2011 |
7:00 PM |
The Nutcracker, arranged for string quartet
Fundraiser for FIU Music and Theatre scholarships
in collaboration with Dean Brian Schriner and Phillip Church, FIU Theatre
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| January 18, 2012 |
12:30 PM |
Recital Seminar, Palm Beach State College
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| January 18, 2012 |
3:00 PM |
Palm Beach State College
Stage West
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| January 19, 2012 |
7:00 PM |
Betsy Hotel |
| January 24, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
FIU Chamber Players
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Robert Davidovici, violin
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| January 28, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Ontario
in collaboration with Shoshana Telner, piano
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| January 29, 2012 |
2:00 PM |
Chamber Music Hamilton, Ontario
in collaboration with Shoshana Telner, piano
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| January 31, 2012 |
7:00 PM |
Private Concert
Miami |
| February 7, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Amernet String Quartet Seminar
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with David Ehrlich, violin; Christopher Rex, cello; Chauncey Patterson, viola; and Robert Davidovici, violin
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| February 11, 2012 |
8:00 PM |
FIU New Music Ensemble
Jason Calloway, director
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
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| February 12, 2012 |
2:00 PM |
FIU New Music Ensemble
Jason Calloway, director
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
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| February 11, 2012 |
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Elemental Journey
Colony Theatre, Miami Beach
in collaboration with Josee Garant Dance and Harold Meltzer, composer
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| February 17, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Atelier on Ravel -- Quartet in F-major
Alliance Française, Miami
in collaboration with Dr. Joel Galand
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| February 18, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Wertheim Performing Arts Center
in collaboration with Grzegorz Nowak
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| February 19, 2012 |
1:00 PM |
Music at St. Paul's, Delray Beach, FL
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| February 20-24, 2012 |
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Colima International Music Festival
Colima, Mexico |
| February 25, 2012 |
5:00 PM |
DeSoto National Memorial - Bradenton, FL |
| March 4, 2012 |
4:00 PM |
Miami Beach Urban Studios |
| March 11, 2012 |
3:00 PM |
Chameleon! Chamber Music
Leiser Opera Center, Ft. Lauderdale
in collaboration with Iris van Eck, cello
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| March 19, 2012 |
7:00 PM |
Friends of Music
St. Luke's Episcopal Church -- Live Oak, FL |
| March 20, 2012 |
11:00 AM |
East Georgia College
Swainsboro, GA |
| March 20, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Island Concert Association
St. Simons Island Presbyterian Church
St. Simons Island, GA |
| March 23, 2012 |
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FIU New Music Ensemble
Jason Calloway, Director Alliance Française, Miami
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| April 21, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
New Music Miami ISCM Concert
FIU Urban Design Studio, Miami Beach
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| April 22, 2012 |
2:00 PM |
Sugar Sand Park, Willow Theatre
Boca Raton, FL
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| April 29, 2012 |
3:00 PM |
Jefferson Academy, Columbus, OH
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| May 4-11, 2012 |
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Maui Classical Music Festival
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| May 22, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Migdal Ha Emeck Cultural Center
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| May 23, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Beer Sheva University Concert Hall
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| May 24, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Netania Philharmonic Concert Hall
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| May 28, 2012 |
12:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Jerusalem University Concert Hall, Har Hazofim branch
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| May 28, 2012 |
5:00 PM |
Israel Tour
Henry Crown Concert Hall
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| May 30, 2012 |
7:00 PM |
Israel Tour
Eilat Conservatory of Music Auditorium
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| June 1, 2012 |
11:00 AM |
Israel Tour
Beit Shapiro Auditorium, Petah Tiqwa
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| June 1, 2012 |
8:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Keshet Eilon Music Festival Hall, Keriat Shmone
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| June 2, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Beit Geine Concert Hall, Haifa
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| June 3, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Weizmann Institute of Science Concert Auditorium, Rehovot
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| June 4, 2012 |
7:00 PM |
Israel Tour
Cultural Community Center, Ashdod
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| June 6, 2012 |
8:00 PM |
Israel Tour
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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| June 8, 2012 |
11:00 AM |
Israel Tour
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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| June 9, 2012 |
11:00 AM |
Israel Tour
Ramat Gan Theater
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| June 9, 2012 |
7:30 PM |
Israel Tour
Rapoport Concert Hall, Haifa
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| June 10, 2012 |
7:30 AM |
Israel Tour
Mormon University Center for Near East Studies, Jerusalem
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E-Newsletter, Opus 4: Summer, 2011
Greetings to you all, our friends, supporters, and colleagues, and WELCOME to the latest edition of our e-newsletter.
Latest News
The Amernet String Quartet is happy to announce that, with the support of our colleagues at Florida International University, we have recently signed a new, multiyear contract which ensures our longevity at FIU and allows us to continue to make this world-class institution worlds ahead. We thank President Mark Rosenberg, Provost Douglas Wartzok, Dean Brian Schriner, and Orlando Garcia, director of the School of Music, for their faith in and commitment to the Amernet! In addition, we are delighted to have been invited by Dean Lesley Northup and Associate Dean Juan Carlos Espinosa to teach a course in FIU's Honors College, where we will bring the music we love into social and cultural context – there are great things brewing at FIU!
Today
*Summer has arrived!
After a very busy academic year as Artists-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami, we've embarked upon the summer season. In the coming weeks, the Amernet String Quartet will perform on one of our favorite local series, the Mainly Mozart Festival, at the Westin Colonnade Hotel in Coral Gables, FL. On Sunday, May 29, we'll play the monumental G-major quartet of Schubert, the composer's last; and on Sunday, June 5, among other works, we'll present Janacek's Kreutzer Sonata, after the Tolstoy novella of the same name, and the Dvorak piano quintet, alongside our FIU colleague, Dr. Jose Lopez. We'll look forward to seeing you there. And while you're online, visit our new page on InstantEncore: AmernetStringQuartet InstantEncore as well as our facebook page: AmernetStringQuartet Facebook in addition to our website, www.amernetquartet.com , to keep up-to-date on all the latest goings-on with the Amernet.
Tomorrow
The rest of the summer takes the Amernet String Quartet across the country, where we will perform for friends old and new. From July 3, we'll be in residence at the Madeline Island Music Camp, situated in an idyllic spot in Lake Superior, where we will teach some of the most talented string players of tomorrow and work with our friends and colleagues Evelina Chao, Jorja Fleezanis, and Kenneth Goldsmith. Visit http://www.music-camp.org/ for more information. We'll then continue directly onward to Durango, Colorado, for a week of performances and teaching at Music in the Mountains, where we will collaborate with Guillermo Figueroa and many others. For more information about studying with us there, visit http://www.newconservatory.org/cmitm/ or http://musicinthemountains.com for the concert schedule. Our next stop will be the Summit Music Festival in Pleasantville, New York, where the Amernet String Quartet will teach gifted students and revisit the epic quintet of Sergei Taneyev with our dear friend, cellist Jeffrey Solow – see http://www.summitmusicfestival.org/ for more information. The last weeks of the summer will then see the Amernet String Quartet appearing once again at Music Mountain in Connecticut on August 6 with cellist Yehuda Hanani; for the Nantucket Musical Arts Society on August 8 and 9; at the Maverick Concerts in Woodstock, New York, with pianist Justin Kolb on August 14; and finally for Impromptu Concerts in Key West on August 21. It promises to be a fulfilling summer, and we'll look forward to seeing and meeting you around the country! As always, please visit www.amernetquartet.com for more information.
Yesterday
Our regular season has been one of many performances and much personal news. Shortly after the start of the new year, we were saddened by the passing of our dear friend and devoted supporter, Dr. Joel Glaser. He had been a regular at all our South Florida concerts, and was one of the most gentle and kind human beings we've had the pleasure to know. The Amernet String Quartet has started a string scholarship fund at FIU in his memory, the kickoff concert for which will be October 18. Please contact us if you're interested in making a donation.
 We continued our concert season with performances at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with our longtime friend and colleague, pianist James Tocco; the annual FIU String Seminar, with distinguished guest artists Robert deMaine, cello, Valentina Lisitsa, piano, and Yizhak Schotten, viola; and then a short break of a few days in early March, when Michael got married! We were happy to be able to perform the Mozart C-major and Mendelssohn Bb-major viola quintets at the ceremony, with Michael's former teacher, Toby Appel, filling in as violist, and our friend and frequent partner, Chauncey Patterson, joining us as well:
Next on the agenda was our annual performance for the New Music Miami ISCM Festival at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach, where we presented new works by composers Flores Chaviano, Jorge Grossmann, former FIU School of Music director, Fredrick Kaufman, and current director, Orlando Garcia, with our FIU colleague, bassist Luis Gomez-Imbert. This was followed immediately by several wonderful days at Princeton University, where we performed and recorded two beautiful new works by our friend and faculty member there, Dmitri Tymoczko. The Amernet String Quartet then headed to Mexico, where we appeared at the 7th Colima International Music Festival with our new friend, pianist Anatoly Zatin, and most recently, we traveled to Washington, D.C. for a concert at the Cosmos Club. It's been quite a journey, but well worth the trip!
We thank you as always for your continued interest and support, and of course we always welcome you to contact us anytime with comments, questions, or ideas:
our website: www.amernetquartet.com
FIU School of Music: http://www2.fiu.edu/~music/index.htm
our personal email addresses:
Misha: misha_v@hotmail.com
Marcia: marcialittley@yahoo.com
Michael: mrkvla@yahoo.com
Jason: jason.calloway@gmail.com
Musically yours,
The Amernet String Quartet
Misha Vitenson, Marcia Littley, Michael Klotz, and Jason Calloway
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